Across
- 2. the word ______________ means "between rivers" in Greek. Home to the ancient civilizations of Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia these peoples are credited with influencing mathematics and astronomy.
- 4. The ____________ Empire was a giant empire that arose in Southwest Asia that was built upon tolerance and wise government.
- 6. an important contribution of the Phoenicians to writing...
- 7. a system of writing with wedge-shaped symbols
Down
- 1. Hammurabi established a collection of laws that became known as “Hammurabi’s __________.”
- 3. belief in one god
- 4. a belief in many gods
- 5. was neither a city nor a country. Rather, it was a collection of separate cities with a common way of life. They shared a common culture. Historians believe this is the site of the world's oldest civilization